Malayalam

July 17, 2024

Renowned poet and teacher K K Hiranyan passes away

K K Hiranyan taught Malayalam at various colleges in Kerala and retired as the Principal of Government College, Thrissur. He was also well-versed in the history of Thrissur and its literary heritage.

June 13, 2024
Falling in love with Malayalam: A Marathi type designer's journey

She has designed award-winning fonts like 'Anek' and 'Mangosteen', both of which are Malayalam type designs.
May 20, 2024
Column | Of Malayalam names and transliteration

A 1906 letter from the Secretary to the Government of India to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Madras leaves some clues about the process that went into getting a standard spelling for some names and the shortening of others.
March 29, 2024
Aadujeevitham to Mathilukal: Hits and misses in Malayalam film adaptations

Adapting a book into a movie is no cakewalk; however, the Malayalam film industry has seen some remarkable successes in bringing novels to life on the big screen.
March 19, 2024
Saraswati Samman for Malayalam poet Prabha Varma

Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry in any of the 22 languages of India listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India and carries a a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh, a memento and a citation.
February 13, 2024
Malayalam teaching, learning methods in Class 1 and 2 to be revised

The meeting decided to develop in primary schoolchildren the ability to read and write words and sentences without mistakes.
NOMADIC INSIGHTS

January 22, 2024
Column | Time to rethink our vocabulary on homosexuality

While Kerala is often lauded as the ‘most socially advanced state in India’, a significant segment of its society stigmatises and stereotypes homosexuality.

Malayalam

Renowned poet and teacher K K Hiranyan passes away

Falling in love with Malayalam: A Marathi type designer's journey

Column | Of Malayalam names and transliteration

Aadujeevitham to Mathilukal: Hits and misses in Malayalam film adaptations

Saraswati Samman for Malayalam poet Prabha Varma

Malayalam teaching, learning methods in Class 1 and 2 to be revised

Column | Time to rethink our vocabulary on homosexuality

Malayalam script reform in Kerala school textbooks sparks concern over impact on students

Rendezvous with the past? Bheeman Raghu applies oil on horse as Sunny Leone looks on shyly in 'Pan-Indian sundari' teaser

'MT Kaalam- Navathi Vandanam' concludes with drama celebrating characters from MT's works